Except, counter to your assertion, several other actual arguments were made: - People care about Twitter, but not Google+ - Twitter has achieved the "network

Except, counter to your assertion, several other actual arguments were made: - People care about Twitter, but not Google+ - Twitter has achieved the "network effect" - Twitter could be a hedge against Facebook - Combined with Google's data needs, the value could be much higher to Google than the price Nowhere does it suggest "because it would be cool". All of those are concrete arguments. Also, you seem irritated at the perceived pretentiousness of the idea that Arrington might think Google will listen. I don't think that's the point at all. I can't put words in Arrington's mouth, but he's been writing his own thoughts about the industry -- both reflection and speculation -- for years. I'm sure part of the reason he does it is to simply create a conversation -- like we are having here.